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Professional dancers have numerous and diverse styles of dance at their disposal, but often do not get to showcase more than one at a time. The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present such a variety of dance in the final mainstage show of the season, Spring Dance Concert 2011, from Thursday, April 28, through Sunday,...
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Students will take their turn in the director’s chair when the NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents “Love Scenes,” its next Studio Series production. The show will be performed from Thursday, April 14, through Sunday, April 17, in the Stevens Building Corner Theatre. “Love Scenes” will consist of four short plays revolving around the theme...
Vladimir Mayakovsky
NIU’s Third Onion, the student-initiated production scheme at the School of Theatre and Dance, presents its final production of the 2010-11 theater season with the play, “Vladimir Mayakovsky.” The evening of poetry in puppets begins at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, through Saturday, April 30, in the Stevens Building Corner Theatre. Andrew Hildner, an MFA in design...
Vladimir Mayakovsky
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. NIU’s Third Onion, the student-initiated production scheme at the School of Theatre and Dance, presents its final production of the 2010-11 theater season with the play, “Vladimir Mayakovsky.” The evening of poetry in puppets begins at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, through Saturday, April 30, in the Stevens Building Corner Theatre. Andrew...
Cover of "A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer"
V-Day NIU 2011 will presents benefit performances of “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer: Writings To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30. Both performances will raise funds and awareness to end violence against women and girls. The beneficiary is DeKalb’s Safe Passage, which provides...
Poster for "The Old Man and the Thief"
As the finale to its current season, NIU Opera Theater, in collaboration with the NIU Philharmonic, presents Carlo Menotti’s first English opera, “The Old Maid and the Thief.” Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 3, in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, located at 400 Lucinda Ave. in the NIU Music Building. “The...
One of the world’s most well-known collection of fables, stories and folk tales is the inspiration behind the next theatre production performed on the Northern Illinois University Players Theatre stage. The School of Theatre and Dance will present “The Arabian Nights” from Thursday, March 31, through Sunday, April 3, and from Wednesday, April 6, through...
Orson Welles’ “Moby Dick Rehearsed” explores what happens when a theater company attempts to stage Herman Melville’s classic novel without any of the necessary scenery or props. The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will perform “Moby Dick Rehearsed” from Thursday, Feb. 24 through Sunday, Feb. 27, and Thursday, March 3, through Sunday, March 6....
Suzan-Lori Parks
The realities of raising children in poverty can be emotionally charged and troubling. It is also a very real problem that playwright Suzan-Lori Parks addresses in her raw and powerful play, “In the Blood.” NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance will present its next Studio Series production from Thursday, Feb. 17, through Sunday, Feb. 20, in the Stevens...
Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune
The Friends of NIU Libraries invite the public to attend a free  presentation by Chicago Tribune chief theater critic Chris Jones. The presentation, titled “How Chicago Became America’s Hottest Theater City,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the Rare Books and Special Collections department on the fourth floor of NIU’s Founders Memorial...
The Memorandum
Tales of spies, paranoia and fear of government control commonly draw on the historical situations during which they were written. Václav Havel’s Czechoslovakian satire, “The Memorandum,” was written in 1965 under the Communist thumb of the Soviet Union. The Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance will perform “The Memorandum” from Thursday, Feb. 3,...
Community School of the Arts: Theatre Boot Camp
Does your child enjoy the dramatic? Does he make up stories? Does she have a vivid imagination? Theatre Boot Camp, a class offered by the NIU Community School of the Arts, is a great learning experience and a lot of fun.  The class meets in the Music Building on the NIU campus from 10 a.m....
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